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France: 2023 agreements on older workers focus mainly on support towards retirement
With social partners soon to sit down to negotiate a national inter-professional agreement (ANI) on the employment of older workers, mind RH has analysed the company agreements signed since the...
25 October 2023
Croatia: minimum wage to rise by 20% on 1 January 2024
The Croatian government and social partners in the country have reached agreement on an increase in the minimum wage for 2024. The wage level will rise from €700 to €840 gross per month...
25 October 2023
Mexico: Covid-19 among additions to table of occupational diseases
Following on from Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies last April, on 24 October the Senate unanimously approved an update to the table of occupational diseases. It includes 88 new work-related...
25 October 2023
EU: further delay in negotiations over joint framework agreement on telework
The European social partners have still not managed to reach an agreement on a text that was to serve as the basis for a EU directive on telework. The negotiating session on 23 October was the...
24 October 2023
Czech Republic: higher quotas for skilled foreign workers
On 18 October, Czech industry and trade minister Jozef Síkela announced a number of measures designed to increase the number of skilled foreign workers, to address the labour shortage...
24 October 2023
Italy: 2024 budget prioritises support for low earners
With little financial room for manoeuvre, the draft 2024 budget approved by Italy's Council of Ministers on 16 October provides for some modest innovations and sets aside new funding for certain...
23 October 2023
France: growth in the burnout market
The term burnout is sometimes overused, but over the past four years or so this phenomenon has given rise to the emergence of dedicated applications. As Julien Alart, co-founder of Lumm, and Dr...
23 October 2023
France: Icade renews agreement for disabled employees
On 27 September, the French property developer (1,200 employees) signed a new agreement with its trade unions (SNUHAB-CFE-CGC, CGT, FO-FEC and Unsa) for the professional integration and continued...
20 October 2023
EU: part-time workers cannot be discriminated against in terms of overtime pay (CJEU ruling)
Under European law, member states may not allow companies to treat part-time workers less favourably than full-time workers. In this case, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that...
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20 October 2023
Slovenia: right to disconnect and caregiver leave allowance introduced
After a year of stormy negotiations with social partners, the Slovenian government finally approved amendments to the Employment Relations Act on 19 October. The changes are based, in particular...
20 October 2023
EU: CSRD directive definitively approved
On Wednesday 17 October, MEPs removed the final obstacle to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) coming into force at the beginning of 2024, as they rejected a motion...
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19 October 2023
Spain: Axa recognises employees’ right to be informed about AI use
The new collective agreement at the Spanish business of insurance group Axa, signed on 29 September, introduces an obligation on the part of company management to be transparent with employees...
Agreement to set up a European works council signed at Ramsay Santé
Ramsay Santé, the private hospitalisation group with 38,000 employees in five European countries, will now have a European works council, four years on from the first negotiations. The text...
18 October 2023
EU: Commission adopts work programme for 2024
On 17 October, the European Commission adopted its work programme, listing the most important initiatives for 2024. In particular, the work programme sets out additional proposals to reduce red...
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18 October 2023
Ireland: Ikea to pay living wage of €14.80 an hour from 1 January 2024
In a press release on 9 October, the interior design giant – part of the Ingka Group – announced that it will pay its employees in Ireland a living wage of €14.80 an hour from...
18 October 2023
Angela Rushforth (Construction Inclusion Coalition chair): “We need to change the perception of women in the construction industry”
At the end of September, a coalition designed to strengthen equality, diversity and inclusion in the construction industry was launched. Called the Construction Inclusion Coalition (CIC), it was...
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026